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Aug 28, 2018
Colleen Chi-Girl
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Maeve Binchy is one of my favorite female Irish writers, at least she was during the 1970's through 1990's.
I have Irish and Scottish blood on both sides of my US family, and have always felt a stronger connection to my Irish roots than that of the German or French. And I love novels set in Ireland and Scotland, and even England.
There's something about the amazing history, the struggles, and the no-nonsense approach. And if you listen on audio, you usually end up transported to their countries. ...more
I have Irish and Scottish blood on both sides of my US family, and have always felt a stronger connection to my Irish roots than that of the German or French. And I love novels set in Ireland and Scotland, and even England.
There's something about the amazing history, the struggles, and the no-nonsense approach. And if you listen on audio, you usually end up transported to their countries. ...more
Jul 24, 2012
Tanya
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it was ok
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Not my cup of tea. I thought I would enjoy the short-story format as I was traveling while reading this and I could read a story or two here or there during my downtime, but I found most of the stories to be depressing. I tried to enjoy taking a peek into someone else's life and especially their thoughts when they encountered a conflict, but it wasn't that interesting to me the problems that these characters faced. It's not that I just couldn't relate, because I do enjoy a book that takes me som
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Dec 09, 2012
Megan
marked it as to-read
